Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Garnet is to have street railways.
ElDorsdo is to have . telephone.
Downs is making an excsllent quality
Of brick.
Mcpherson county is suffering with
mad dogs.
The Blue Rapids wooden mill is again
running.
New potatoes are selling at Oberlin
Tor $3 90 per buahal.
Garden City Is now putting up So
brick and stone buildinga
A farmer near Parsons, while digging
well, discovered q vein Of lead ore.
Ten new colleges are in process Of
erection in Kansas at the present time.
The editor OF the Wichita Journal
was held up and robbed Of $45 Friday
night
Hutchinson is to have an ice man
ufacturing company With q capital Of
$35, 900.
Hsddam Clipper: The timber sbounds
in mulberries this summer, the crop
being one of the best for years.
Barber county has an assessed valua-
ton Of three and one-hRlf million dollars,
q gain of one million during the past
year.
Greensburg the county seat Of Kiowa
county claims q population Of 2,200. It
has 1--WE banks having a total capital Of
$500, 900.
There promises to he trouble in set
ling the Leavenworth fire losses. The
insurance men claim that the conditions
Of the police were violated.
Caldwell Journal: Charley Hassard
came in this morning with TOO head Of
beeves from Texas. The number of cat
tie and stockmen in Caldwell is increas-
ing daily.
Work began on the First National
bank building at Kingman, to be three
stories high with basement. There are
now in process of erection twenty-five
brick business houses in the town.
Mr.. @. @. Coutant, who has been do
ing the editorial work on the Garden
City Sentinel for the last three years,
has laid down the taber for the present
and will 60 il, search of health the pres
emit summer.
The Wellington Qind Nunc charges
that intoxicating liquors are being sold
in violation of law in that town, and
demands that the proper officers take
steps to ward wiping out the illegal bust
ness.
El Dorado Republican, 18th: Town
ship Trustee McCraner, of Milton, and
D. L. Hersy, of the same neighborhood.
were in town yesterday and in converse
ton with them we learn that they had q
few days before measured hill OF corn
and "a hours afterward measured it again
and in the time it had grown exactly six
inches.
The president and secretary Of the
Kansas State Temperance Union have
prepared statement regarding prohibi-
ton in Kansas, which is issued more
especially to be used in the campaign
for prohibition in Texas. The state
ment declares prohibition to be sue
cess.
Jewell County Republican: An un-
usual accident befel J. "a. Neither of
Browns Greek township. While walk
ing behind self binding harvester he
stumbled and fell. To save himself he
threw his hand forward and the big
binding needle was driven through it.
It made a very bad wound.
Newton Republican: G. Murphy,
living in Barton county was instantly
killed by lightning about week ago. j.
w. Henry OF this city had sold a piece
of land to Mr.. Murphy. The papers
had been made out, the money placed in
a third party's hands for payment, but
Murphy was killed before he had affixed
his signature to the papers.
The bitter county seat fight in Gar
field county has brought to light the
fact that the county is not legally con-
The consultation of the state
provides that the lines of any county
shall not be changed so as to include an
area of less than 432 square miles. |
Legislative blunder Garfield
only includes 430 square miles.
A party of colored persons were bath
ing near Arkansas City, and were diving
from spring board on the banks into
The river. When one of them named Viii
liams made his dive it is supposed he
took the cramp and was unable to swim.
He came up swice. The third time he
went down aud that was the last seen
of him. Although the river is being
ragged to recover the body it has not
been found.
The Winfield papers tell Of man by
he name OF James Leak, who committed
'uicide by deliberately walking into the